Books published by Enlighten Press

In Book One of The Drugstore Series, the Tinsleys are introduced as a group of mischievous, mentally handicapped residents of the local nursing home, who are allowed to roam the town. The Tinsleys takes a deeper look into how each one came to be at the home, and the friendships that bind them together.

Tubby Anderson is a mentally challenged pig farmer in rural Oklahoma. In Book One of The Drugstore Series, he is introduced as the foul-smealling, uncouth, and wannabe paramour of Livy Stephens. Book Three, Talking to Tubby, reveals that Tubbys facade is truly only skin deep.Gifted with a very unique ability, this boy-man has been entrusted to ensure the safekeeping of the animals on his farm. His own innocence regarding the world around him, means that those he cares for must return the favor especially when it comes time for Tubby to let them go.Talking to Tubby is a heartwarming and magical look at pure and unconditional love. It will convince you that the kind of goodness that can change the world, isnt always human; and that in judging a book by its cover, you might be forfeiting something miraculous.

Old Pete, a full-blood Cherokee Indian is over one hundred years old. In Book One of The Drugstore Series, he is introduced as a shop-lifting ne'er-do-well who resides in small-town Oklahoma. Book Two, The Life of Old Pete, reveals that this ancient man is not at all what he seems.Born to parents who walked the Trail of Tears, and raised by medicine men uncles, Pete has layers deeper than the span of time. Able to commune with things unknown, and more comfortable with the ';in-between' than the material world, this highly advanced soul plays an intricate part in helping the town's inhabitants evolve.The Life of Old Pete is a mystical, spiritual journey through one hundred years of richly woven history. It will leave you asking yourself if things unrevealed, are more real than those that can be seen.

In this coming of age novel, 15-year-old Olivia Stephens works behind the soda fountain in the drugstore of a small town in rural Oklahoma. Obsessed with boys, and the self-inflicted drama in her life, Livy is oblivious to the fascinating, quirky characters who frequent the town's social hub, including a wannabe paramour, a delusional woman who thinks she is a famous movie star, and a 100-year-old Slim Jim and Snickers shop-lifting customer. In addition, because Livy likes to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong, she, along with her grandmother, are thrown right into the middle of the town's most notable mystery - one with the most surprising of outcomes. Livy's naivety makes for a comical pilgrimage through the inside workings of Southern, small-town life and the amusing, idiosyncratic, and lovable characters that make the place what it is. Only after returning to her hometown as an adult, does she realize the gift she was given by being raised in a place that taught her the most valuable of life lessonsthat the lowliest are also the loveliest and being different means being blessed.